Cap or closure for bottles, jars, cans, and the like, and method of making the same.



- No. 829,916 PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

- w. H. DODGE.

CAP 0R CLOSURE FOR BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, AND THE LIKE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12. 1906.

llhllllED STATES PATENT ()FFlGl-fl'.

WlLl'JIAM H. DODGE, OF MONTULAIR, NEW JERSEY.

CAP 03 CLGSURE FOR BOTTLES, JARS, CAN S,

. No. e2e,e1s.

Original application filed October 31, 1905, Serial No. 2

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residinp at Montcleir, in the county of Essex one State of New Jersey, hove invented s new and useful Cap or Closure for Bottles, Jars, Cans, and the Likeiand Methods of Melani the Some, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cans or closures for bottles, jars, cans, or t is like, and method of making the some, and is divided from my pending application, Serial No. 285,255, filed October 31, 1905.

The object of the invention is to provide it cap or closure for bottles, jars, cans, or the like which is simple in construction, economicrtl in manufacture, and ellicient in operetion'.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a cap or closure which may be readily, quickly, undcasily upplicd to or removed. from 51, bottle, jar, can, or the like and which is ellicicnt in. hermetically scaling the-sonic.

A further object of the invention is to form aphtte or sheet of suitable material into a. s roll to produce at cap or closure and which shell is provided with s top or base and a continuous flange formed integrally therewith, but separated tuercl'rorn for a portion of its circumferential length, the separated portion of the tllen 'e having a plurality of connecting-web portions formed therein at various points and adapted to be bent or folded into loops to contrnct the peripheral length of such lln-ugc.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter. The invention consisis, substantially, in the construction, conibinution, location, and arrangement of pin-ts and mode of operation, all us will he more fully hereinafter set forth, 2L5 shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and to the various views and reference-signs u )c2i1i11u tliero( n, Figure 1 is a view in top plan of :1 ca p or closure embodying the prin ciples of my invention, and showing tire flange separated from the top or base of the cup or closure for a portion of the circumferential length thereof and of greater circumferential length than the peripheral length of the top or base. Fig. 2 is ubrolicn View Specification of Letters Patent.

85,265. Divided and this application filed February 12, 1906. Serial AND Tl-lE LlKE,AllD METHOD OF MAKlNG THE SAlllE.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

length of the top or base, the

in plan, showing the construction of Fig. 1 after the fian e has been contracted in its circumferentiel ength. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of a bottle, jar, can, or the like,

showing the n plicntion'thereto of a cap 0rv closure embo .ying the principles ofmy invention.

The some part is designated. by the same reference-sign Wherever it occurs throughout 1 the several views.

In the in anufa-cture of on s or closures for bottles, jars, cans, or the ii to it is desirable to produce a device which is simple inconstructicn, economical in manufectureand capable of being readily, easily, and quickly applied to or removed from the mouth ef e bottle, or, can; or the like, while at the some time e'l'i'icicnt inherrneticelly se'slingthe bot tle, jar, can, or the like when applied thereto. in attaining these desirable objects in mypresent invention I propose to form the cap or closure from {L single piece or sheet of suitable material, preferably metal--suclr, for instance, tin; but I do not desire to be limited or restricted in this respect. In carrying out in y invention the sheet or plate of material is formed into an eccentric-shaped shell having :1- top or base and a continuous flange formed integrally therewith, the flange being separated from the too or base for a portion of its circumferential length by the removal of it strip from the base or top alon and adjacent the peripheral edge thereo thereby reducing the top or base to circular contour and leaving the fian e of greater circumferential length then the pcripherspl v separated por tion of the flange having formed therein at suitable intervals weakened or reduced portions adopted to be bent or folded into loops in order to contract the circumferential length of the flange. In this manner it Will be observed that l ayoid employing a lurality of ports necessitating the ussemb ing of the some by hand, while at the some time affording means for enabling the cop or closure to be applied to or removed from a bottle, jar, cun,'or the like quickly and readily.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, reference-sign A designates the top=0r base of the cap or closure, and B the continuous [hinge for-med integrally with the top or base. in accordance With the principles of my in '1' 13 t. flange lo.v a not made in the top or hose Wl'ien r tit" vention l separate the integral 7 tion of the 5 length thereof from the top or li moving it strip iron-.- the dicsteri at C, l, Clis'inetenof the top the tlizinnoter ot the lie v slit or out is somewhat crescent extends along and erjljeeent to the thereby leaving fjtttfiallfifl to port of the longs-z FL'pOl JlOR of to form a lip orriin to engage orjnpon the adjacent of the when the flange is co'nt'ritotetl in ferentilljlengtli thereof. [it vols th-irongfliout the length of port of the flange the ong gin l thereto is out out or away, thereby iori'ning p.111 v lip portions E, with interm nt connecting-Web portions .l flange. in oirier to contract entisl length of the t: ote integral eonneotingevel) 1. bent orfoidcrl into loops or to at G) enzi' \i/l'iflll the oireuro lere the flange is thus oo'oiraetlged.

lip liortions E engage with or upon the scqecent of cleerlyinniooted in F' t snre'is applied for use. To or closure, it is only nece" or more of the loops or l In 'e iiplgringe osp or my invention. i. prefer to piece H over the top of the laottl like 'or in the bottom of the or olosure, and in order to set: olosure in place the edge of the is crinipecl under the shoulder formed around the. mouth of the i can, or the like, as clearly shown in c I do not claim herein li iooiiioe cap or closure for bottles, 1; like formed from a single p end having it continuous pa. Joseph. flange provided with 2L contra llJll) portion, as the some is claimed in my pending appliecation, Serial No. 285,255, tiled October L 1905, above referred to.

Having now set forth the obj ture of n1 invention and the mode of Operetion. invol i'ed in the production of the can 0 closure, What I elaim. as new and useful and ot my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A cap or closure for bottles, jars, o Q'the likefhering a hose ortop still tinuous'flange fomied integrally thereirseid flsnge being separated from the lapse for e portion of its circomis 31121" length, the sepomtecl oortion of the fl;

having a, plurality of integral Weh nut-twins oret, adapted to be 0 contract the vir- 1 ills-Age. bottles, cans a-Jboso or top and e con- \(il integrally therewith, "op" led from the base or The ciro'limierential length zn'etecl portion of the r, aging lip, said lip being n'ions points in the length too outed part of the flange, portions adapted to be bent or the flange, said lip engaging r or upon the adjacent edge i said Flange is eonire-mot :it-iel length thereof, s. closure .or bottles, jars, cans e, formed from a single piecejor onulectnreol caps or closures cans or the like, the method forming a or plateof 'iol into on eccen'tfio-shepeel top or base and a ooi'itinnous :1 ogrolly therewith, then-re a: strip from the top or base to rethe peripheral lengthof the top sopoml' t: for e portion of its circumfereni til nimighou t the l the circumferential ipngthl'of such "are, eons or the like, the method in Forming a. sheet or plate of material into. an eccentric-shaped ll having a topor hose and a continuous formed in egrally therewith,- then re m HmAmen-slum port of tlie flange to form :n: integral connecting-web perillzmge' oi" greater circumferential g the flange from the ll, then ending or folding the sep- "on oi the l'lsn'g ejnto loo s at va-j length t. ereof tov -nlor contour thereby leaving the mon'llorentisl length, and

' ops to eontreot the eircurnteren "wtesiol, and savings. top or base some to cireuler contour thereby the iniui'irfooture of caps or closures moving a strip from the top or fofaPOi--"' an engaging lip, and then removing portions name to this specification, in the presence of of the lip at Various points intermediate its tWo subscribing Witnesses,on this 5th day of length, to form integral web portions in the l February, A. D. 1906. separated part of the flange, and finally bend- WILLIAM H. DODGE. 5 ing or folding the Web portions into loops to Witnesses:

oircumferentially contract the flange. HENRY BEST,

In testimony whereof I heve signed my S. E. DARBY. 

